Twin Cities Celebrities Put on Their Dancing Shoes to Raise Money for Local Charities

MINNEAPOLIS
, January 29 /Businesswire/ -
In the fourth annual “Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities”
Charity Ball event (www.DancingTCCelebs.com
or www.AMCharityFund.org),
six Twin Cities celebrities will team up with Arthur Murray dance
professionals to compete for the Dancing for a Cause Championship, and
the opportunity to raise more than $20,000 for up to eight local
charities.

Held by AM Charity Fund and sponsored by the Arthur Murray Dance Centers
of Edina and St. Paul, Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities is
expected to attract more than 300 ballroom dance enthusiasts and
community leaders who will have the opportunity to dance alongside the
six Twin Cities celebrities who will compete in a format based on the
popular ABC television network program, “Dancing with the Stars.”

“The intent of this event is to bring together our passions for ballroom
dancing and our love for the Twin Cities by raising funds to support the
good works of eight outstanding charitable organizations,” said Lynda
Smith, owner of the Arthur Murray Dance Center in Edina. One of the
charities that benefit each year is the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in
memory of Jesse Smith (Lynda’s late husband) who died of Hodgkin’s
disease in 2006. “We promise a high-energy night of incredible dancing
and dining all in the name of doing good for our community.”

The fundraising event will be conducted on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2013 at
the Marriott Minneapolis City Center hotel, located at 30 South 7th
Street, downtown Minneapolis. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a
VIP reception and a silent auction featuring more than 100 donated
items, followed by dinner and a live charity auction. The dancing
competition will begin at 9:00 p.m., followed by social dancing and
ballroom dance performances by Arthur Murray professional dancers.

The Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities charity ball will
raise funds for up to eight Twin Cities-area charities. For this year’s
event, charities selected by Arthur Murray and the participating Twin
Cities celebrities include: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the Down
Syndrome Foundation, Upstream Arts, Avenues for Homeless Youth, Tee It
Up for the Troops, the Smile Network, Hammer, and eQuality - Pathways to
Potential. Last year, the Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities
charity ball raised $20,430, and over the course of three previous
events, Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities has raised more
than $50,000.

The judges for the fourth annual Dancing with the Twin Cities
Celebrities event are: Laura Schara, host of Due North Outdoors and
Macy’s fashion correspondent, who won the 2011 Dancing with the Twin
Cities Celebrities event; Faatemah Ampey, award-winning hair
stylist, also a previous celebrity dance participant; and Caleb “Golden”
Truax, a super middleweight professional boxer from the Twin Cities, and
competitor in the 2010 Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities
event.

To obtain tickets, go to DancingTCCelebs.com or call 612-920-1900.
Tickets may also be purchased at Arthur Murray Dance Center in Edina.
Tickets may be purchased with VISA, Mastercard, Discover, American
Express or PayPal. VIP Dinner Tickets are $225. Individual dinner
tickets are $150. VIP tables for 10 are $2,000 and include a group
lesson for the participants at each table. Standing room-only General
Admission tickets (entry at 9:00 p.m.) are $45. Dinner tickets will not
be available at the event and must be purchased in advance.

According to AM Charity Fund, $75 of every dinner ticket, $125 of every
VIP ticket and $1,000 of every VIP table, and all $45 of every general
admission ticket will be donated to the eight designated charities
involved in this year’s Dancing with the Twin Cities Celebrities.

About Arthur Murray Dance Centers of Edina and St. Paul

Founded in 1912, Arthur Murray Dance Centers have been teaching
Americans how to dance for 100 years. Arthur Murray Dance Centers are
now located in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Austria,
Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt,
Turkey, South Africa, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Australia.

The Arthur Murray Dance Center of Edina (www.twincitiesarthurmurray.com)
has been teaching local residents to dance since 1988 and is owned byLynda
Smith, United States Ballroom Dance Champion. The Arthur Murray Dance
Center of St. Paul (www.arthurmurraystpaul.com)
was founded in 2001 and is owned by Barbara Nielsen and Roy Kinsell.